{"id":54189,"date":"2019-12-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/blog_prohoster\/postfuturizm-kotoryj-my-zasluzhili"},"modified":"2020-02-18T14:02:10","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T11:02:10","slug":"postfuturizm-kotoryj-my-zasluzhili","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/postfuturizm-kotoryj-my-zasluzhili","title":{"rendered":"The Post-Futurism We Deserve","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

The era of post-futurism began 110 years ago. Back in 1909, Filippo Marinetti published the manifesto of futurism, proclaiming a cult of the future and the destruction of the past, a pursuit of speed and fearlessness, and a denial of passivity and fear. We decided to kick off the next phase and chatted with several good people about what they envision for the year 2120.<\/p>\n

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\nDisclaimer<\/b>. Dear friend, be prepared. This will be a long post packed with futuristic details, seemingly crazy professions, and thoughts about the future we deserve.<\/p>\n

Keywords before the cut to grab attention<\/b>: Andrey Sebrant from Yandex and TechSparks, Andrey Konyayev from N+1, Obrazovach and KuJi, Ivan Yamshchikov from ABBYY and the Max Planck Institute, Alexander Lozhichkin from Amazon, Konstantin Kichinskiy from the NTI Platform and ex. Microsoft, Valeria Kurmak from AIC and ex. Sberbank Technology, Andrey Breslav from JetBrains and the creator of Kotlin, Grigory Petrov from Evrone and Alexander Andronov from Dodo Pizza.<\/a><\/noindex><\/p>\n

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  1. Let's get acquainted<\/a><\/noindex><\/li>\n
  2. You fell asleep and woke up 100 years later, you still need to work, what would you like to become? Come up with three professions of the future.<\/a><\/noindex><\/li>\n
  3. Do you consider the IT direction a promising field for work over the next 100 years? Is there a comparably promising field?<\/a><\/noindex><\/li>\n
  4. In your opinion, in which areas will IT specialists be paid more? Space, medicine, managing people's consciousness, your option?<\/a><\/noindex><\/li>\n
  5. How do you think, by what year will robots be smart enough to 'remove the chips that prevent them from killing people' on their own?<\/a><\/noindex><\/li>\n
  6. But will humanity even survive until 2120?<\/a><\/noindex><\/li>\n
  7. Test: What would you become in 2120?<\/a><\/noindex><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Let's get acquainted<\/h2>\n

    \n With this crew, we could take over the world or steal Christmas, but instead, we are sharing the text.<\/p>\n

    \"TheAndrey Sebrant<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 Director of Strategic Marketing at Yandex<\/a><\/noindex>, author of the podcast \u2018Sebrant's Chatter\u2019<\/a><\/noindex>, author of the channel TechSparks<\/a><\/noindex>. One of the early figures of the Runet, and Wikipedia<\/a><\/noindex> cannot lie. Among other things, Andrey holds a Ph.D. in physical and mathematical sciences, is a professor at HSE, and a laureate of the Lenin Komsomol Prize in Science and Technology (1985).<\/p>\n

    \n\"TheAndrey Konyayev<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 Publisher of the popular science internet publication N+1<\/a><\/noindex>, founder of the communities \u2018Lentach\u2019<\/a><\/noindex> and \u2018Obrazovach\u2019<\/a><\/noindex>. In his spare time away from publishing and communities, Andrey is a candidate of physical and mathematical sciences and teaches at the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics of Moscow State University. He also finds time to host a podcast. KuJi Podcast<\/a><\/noindex>.<\/p>\n

    \n\"TheIvan Yamshchikov<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 evangelist of artificial intelligence at ABBYY<\/a><\/noindex>. He obtained his PhD in applied mathematics from Brandenburg University of Technology (Cottbus, Germany). Currently, he is a researcher at the Max Planck Institute (Leipzig, Germany). Ivan investigates new principles of artificial intelligence that could help us understand how our brain works, and he also hosts a podcast. \u00abLet's Vent!\u00bb<\/a><\/noindex>.<\/p>\n

    \n\"TheAlexander Lozhechkin<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 former evangelist at Microsoft for Eastern Europe and Russia, director of the strategic technology department, and now head of Solutions Architects at Amazon Web Services (AWS) in over 100 Emerging Markets. In his spare time away from IT corporations, Alexander writes notes on various topics in his Medium blog<\/a><\/noindex>.<\/p>\n

    \n\"TheAndrey Breslav<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 has been developing the Kotlin programming language at JetBrains since 2010. He adheres to a passion-driven development (PDD) approach in life. Besides IT topics, he pays a lot of attention to gender equality and psychotherapy, and is a co-founder of the service Alter<\/a><\/noindex>, which helps find a good psychotherapist. He keeps a curated collection of links to his interviews, articles, and talks in one place.<\/a><\/noindex>.<\/p>\n

    \n\"TheValeria Kurmak<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 director of Human Experience practice at AIC, an Inclusive Design Expert in real life. She knows everything about Umwelt and what to do with this knowledge to create inclusive digital products. In her spare time, she shares her expertise in her Telegram channel \u00abNot an Exception\u00bb<\/a><\/noindex>. She has additional accolades: candidate of technical sciences, social researcher.<\/p>\n

    \n\"TheKonstantin Kichinskiy<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 head of the \u2018NTI Franchise\u2019 center at the ANO 'Platform NTI', an ex-Microsoft employee with a decade of experience. He cannot sit still and is constantly involved in something, for example, in the project Leader ID<\/a><\/noindex>. He has written 215 articles on Habr<\/a><\/noindex> and runs the channel Quantum Quintum<\/a><\/noindex> about technology on Telegram.<\/p>\n

    \n\"TheGrigory Petrov<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 DevRel at the company Evrone<\/a><\/noindex>, evangelist of Moscow Python and head of the program committee for Moscow Python Conf++. On weekends, he records the Moscow Python Podcast<\/a><\/noindex>, in the evenings he travels to conferences in our homeland and neighboring countries. The remaining seconds of his time are invested in writing articles on Habr<\/a><\/noindex>.<\/p>\n

    \n\"TheAlexander Andronov<\/a><\/noindex><\/b> \u2013 CTO at Dodo Pizza, he is also one of the leaders of the Dodo IS system. He once gained experience at Intel and Smart Step Group. He\u2019s not fond of publicity, but he loves his team and makes balanced decisions. In the evenings, he dreams of implementing a Data Driven culture of decision-making in Dodo Pizza.<\/p>\n

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    You fell asleep and woke up 100 years later, you still need to work, what would you like to become? Come up with three professions of the future.<\/h2>\n

    \n\"TheAndrey Sebrant<\/b><\/u>: Given this situation, I\u2019m primarily looking at a unique specialization. expert in retro-reality.<\/b>Authentic, not synthetic, memories from a hundred years ago will likely be expensive \ud83d\ude42 Or I\u2019ll have to try to master the role of a donor of vanished emotions or a premium character in a historical game.<\/b>.\"The Andrey Konyayev<\/b>:<\/u> Of course, if I were to wake up in a hundred years, I would still be the same as I am now, that is, a mathematician. As for professions that could be invented:<\/p>\n

    1. Tech Ethicist<\/b> \u2013 a person whose job is to understand applied ethical issues, analyze emerging cases, and provide expert conclusions on them. Is it permissible to create virtual copies of deceased people? Can artificial intelligence pretend to be a living person for the benefit of humanity?
    \n2. Erasure Specialist<\/b> \u2013 a person whose job is to destroy digital traces. It is assumed that future people will regularly change their names and appearances to escape the sins of the past \u2013 for example, you drank in school, and now you are a successful banker. But the school left a trace that must be skillfully and professionally eliminated.
    \n3. Coder-Farmer<\/b>. In the future, code will be written by neural networks, possibly using evolutionary and other algorithms. Therefore, solutions for specific tasks will need to be grown rather than invented. Essentially, a farmer is someone with a neuro-farm where this code grows.\"The Andrey Breslav<\/b><\/u>: There are two versions of the future: in one, we have created \"strong artificial intelligence,\" and everything has moved into a virtual world. In this world, there are no professions (in our understanding), and \"working\" means something different.<\/p>\n

    I will consider the other version: we have not created strong AI, so there are still people, as biological beings, and they have specializations. In that case, the professions of research scientists and programmers creating precise reliable systems will remain.<\/b> (neural networks will already manage inaccuracies), as well as artistic professions related to creating complex emotional images: writers, for example, or directors<\/b>.\"The Konstantin Kichinskiy<\/b><\/u>:<\/p>\n

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    1. Synthetic life form programmer<\/b>: a person who 'constructs' new life forms, 'sets' the behavior of existing ones, 'writes' protein assemblers, 'packages' data into DNA, and all that.<\/li>\n
    2. Architect of underwater\/aboveground\/airborne\/moon cities<\/b>: a person who creates and manages new environments for human settlement, dealing with urban planning, architecture, resource management, etc.<\/li>\n
    3. Futurist<\/b>: a person who creates alternative worlds set in the 21st century.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      \"The Ivan Yamshchikov<\/b><\/u>: For me, it's very simple. My profession won't disappear in 100 years. Rather, if there are no scientists in 100 years, then humanity, as we understand it, will not exist. If the biological species Homo Sapiens survives and doesn't create an artificial intelligence that surpasses humans, then there will be work for scientists<\/b>.<\/p>\n

      If I am not accepted into science in a hundred years, then I would go into designing closed ecosystems<\/b>. If we learn to create 'full-cycle' space bases that can exist in autonomous mode, then I believe there will be demand for creating such ecosystems. There will be many tasks: ensuring a certain climate, achieving sufficient biodiversity, making it all aesthetically beautiful yet functional. A very wide range of skills will be needed here: from landscape design to data analysis.<\/p>\n

      The third profession I would call a virtual guide<\/b>. Imagine a tour guide who can effortlessly transport you from a Rubens painting to a smoky 17th-century tavern, show you the artist's brushstroke under a microscope, teleport you to biblical times while recounting the Gospel of Luke, and bring you back to the painting. All with a sense of complete immersion in history. <\/p>\n

      With the advancement of virtual reality technologies and neurointerfaces, the experiences available will become increasingly diverse and interesting. The challenge will be to connect different environments into a single narrative, to create it, and to make it adaptive. Clearly, such attractions will be automated, but the value of human interaction will increase. Therefore, the unique 'experience' provided by a guide with imagination, quick access to a knowledge base, and the ability to communicate with you through a neurointerface may be valued higher and distinctly differ from experiences without human involvement. This is somewhat analogous to the difference between a computer game and traditional DnD today.\"The Alexander Andronov<\/b><\/u>I don't know what will happen in a hundred years. Maybe everything will be filled with robots, and people will feel the need to destroy them? In that case, I will create a business focused on destroying robots.<\/b>Or, everything in the world may become weaponized. Then I will trade in weapons.<\/b>Or perhaps personal space will completely vanish, but a new form of private internet will emerge. Then I will create services for it. Or consider this: in a hundred years, all vehicles will be controlled by autopilots, making driving merely a form of entertainment. Then I will create an amusement park where you can drive for fun.<\/b>\"The Valeria Kurmak<\/b><\/u>: <\/p>\n

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      1. Body designer.<\/b> In the future, bodies will be altered both through genetics and through external non-biological body parts. An example of genetic alteration is the integrated jellyfish gene within a monkey's DNA, allowing its skin to glow green under ultraviolet light.\n

        A breakthrough in non-biological parts has been made by Hugh Herr's team, which developed an interface linking nerves in the residual limb to an external bionic prosthesis, allowing the user to feel it as a complete part of their body. In the future, the ability to connect nerve tissues with artificial mechanisms will enable people not only to replace lost limbs but also to enhance a perfectly healthy body with non-human parts. For instance, with wings that a cyborg would perceive as their own innate limbs and could control with equal effectiveness.<\/li>\n

      2. Omni-interface designer.<\/b> A person has six senses. Today, interfaces mostly work with vision. Interfaces that operate with hearing are starting to develop actively. However, there are also taste, smell, touch, and the vestibular system. I believe that in the future, not only will interfaces for these forms of perception appear, but there will also be hybridization of these modes of perception.<\/li>\n
      3. Researcher.<\/b> Today it seems that big data will soon allow you to know everything about a person. Data does indeed reveal what is happening, but to understand why it is happening, one must go into the field and learn about motivations, fears, and desires. It seems that some professions will remain unchanged.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        \"The Alexander Lozhechkin<\/b><\/u>: I disagree with the framing of the question 'do I still need to work?' It implies that I have not yet become a retiree or a millionaire (which is basically the same thing \u2013 where there is some passive income that allows one not to think about means of living)? Fortunately, I am far from being a millionaire. And I sincerely hope (yes, I am not being disingenuous) that I do not become one. However, I also hope not to become a retiree. <\/p>\n

        I am terribly lazy, so if, God forbid, I were able to afford not to work, I fear I wouldn't be able to make myself work. I would spend all day watching YouTube or scrolling through Facebook (or whatever will exist in a hundred years). Not that I dislike working, but dual motivation (desire and necessity) works better than just one. Therefore, I most hope that our society in 100 years will be so healthy that it will not have those dreadful remnants of the past, such as inheritance (which motivates people to endlessly take rather than give) or pensions, which I hope will no longer be needed, as medicine will allow people to remain useful to society and not a burden for as long as possible. <\/p>\n

        As for the question of 'who to become' \u2013 that is secondary. I hope that even in a hundred years I will remain flexible and mobile enough to find something enjoyable to do that will be in demand by people of that time. Therefore, the brief answer to the question 'who to become' is to be useful and to be flexible.<\/b>\"TheGrigory Petrov<\/b><\/u>:
        \nPsychologist for artificial intelligence, experience designer, guide through virtual worlds.<\/p>\n

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        Do you consider the IT direction a promising field for work over the next 100 years? Is there a comparably promising field?<\/h2>\n

        \n\"TheAndrey Sebrant<\/b><\/u>: I'm not sure about IT... In its current form, it definitely won't last. However, everything related to 'bio' (as a prefix to yet non-existent professions) will definitely be in demand. In a hundred years, we won't completely part with our biological essence, but we will stop being shy about changing it.\"TheAndrey Konyayev<\/b><\/u>: The IT sector has long been nonexistent. Coding skills are becoming a necessary condition for work in almost any field. People are simply inert creatures and continue, out of habit, to call those responsible for their business infrastructure IT specialists.\"The Valeria Kurmak<\/b><\/u>: IT is a very broad field. There are many professions within it, some of which are turning into more artisanal work. For example, Google has a program that retrains staff to become developers. That is, developers are losing their status as a highly complex and special profession. <\/p>\n

        At the same time, there are quite a few 'humanists' emerging within IT who tackle seemingly non-IT tasks, such as UX editors. For me, IT is not really a field; it is more of a tool for solving problems, like English, which is needed to understand others. By itself, it has no value. IT is used to solve issues of simplifying user experience, speeding up interactions with clients, optimizing, and reducing costs in internal processes. <\/p>\n

        Speaking about promising areas of development that won't die and will actively evolve, for me, these are space and genetics. Moreover, people working in these fields usually know English and can program.
        \n\"TheKonstantin Kichinskiy<\/b><\/u>: IT and its derivatives will be everywhere, but our current understanding of IT will, in a hundred years, be as much a commodity as electricity is today. I would associate it with comparably promising areas such as: <\/p>\n